To Nancy Saunders Toy
Grand Hotel
Rome March 27, 1941
Dear Mrs. Toy: Your good letters of Jan. 27th and Feb 11th I fear are still unanswered. I have been laid up with my catarrh and other complications — dyspepsia, a weak heart, lumbago, gout, cramped fingers, loose teeth, and a limp in the leg — none painful, but altogether fatiguing and not good for sprightly letter-writing. The Spring sun at this moment is shining on this page, and I feel better.
From The Letters of George Santayana: Book Seven, 1941-1947. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2006.
Location of manuscript: The Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA